seventy-five

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 74 in number

seventy-five years

see Table of Numbers

seventy-five

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 75 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

seventy-five are here

seventy-five were found

seventy-five

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: five and 70 : three times 25 : five fifteens

2

a

: 75 units or objects

a total of seventy-five

b

: a group or set of 75

3

: the numberable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 75

4

: the 75th in a set or series

5

: a 75 millimeter gun

especially : the fieldpiece of this caliber used in the armies of France and of the U.S. in World War I

—often written 75

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